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Produced by Analog Digital Garde-Japan adg 2015/Black-and-White＋Color/Directed by Naotoshi Kitada/Original Music by Hiromichi Sakamoto/Cast Gunman Hirayama

The contamination of the title does not refer to the nuclear radiation.

Prologue

The 20 km zone surrounding the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant was designated an evacuation zone due to the radiation caused by the accident in March 2011. However the thousands of people of Itate, situated just outside the zone, and those who had fled the area and taken shelter there were left to their own devices for over a month. Later on Itate became a restricted area and the residents were allowed only visits having to leave the area for good. The place became a ghost town, as it was too close to the Zone and many pets and farm animals are stranded there. There are said to be 150~200 dogs, 400~800 cats, 50 chickens and a pig although the exact numbers are unknown. The public interest in the accident has all but gone but there is one man who still cares what happens to those animals.

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Cast Gunman Hirayama

Hirayama was born in 1958. He currently resides in Kashiwa, Chiba. He held a full time job while taking part in volunteer work for the animals of Itate. He has since quite his job to start Fukkou no Ie: an animal shelter.